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More than a Memory

by andrewkooman on April 30, 2011

Raise Their Voice has uploaded more video from The Trafficked + Exploited event, including Braden Scharfenberg’s song “More Than A Memory.” Braden’s currently in studio recording this song. I’m looking forward to the future of this song especially as it connects with our upcoming campaign to bring She Has A Name on tour. Will keep [...]

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#rtvRD footage, thoughts

by andrewkooman on April 26, 2011

I’m really proud of my team at Raise Their Voice who worked so hard to put together an incredible event. The last number of months have been surreal for me seeing dreams and planning come to reality.  Raise Their Voice: The Trafficked + Exploited, the event I’ve been part of planning over the last few [...]

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Risking, planning, eventing

by andrewkooman on April 6, 2011

I’ve been busy at work with my team at Raise Their Voice to create space for a two-day event in April called Raise Their Voice: The Trafficked + Exploited. It’s been a real example for me so far of stepping out in faith and taking a risk.  In the lead up to the production of [...]

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Lend some power to that voice

by andrewkooman on March 22, 2011

Have you ever felt so deeply about something you don’t know what to say?  You know something in your guts, and yet you can’t shape the knowing into a word. It’s often how I feel about the big questions – about life and what it means, the things of faith, and big words so easily [...]

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Here’s a great write up by James Wilt of the Calgary Journal for the paper’s February 4 edition: ## Number 18 is a prostitute. Deprived of her name and of her freedom, the 15-year-old girl is enslaved in Thailand’s sex trade. But, a Canadian lawyer has arrived at the brothel where she is forced to [...]

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Invisible Chains, Benjamin Perrin

by andrewkooman on January 28, 2011

Benjamin Perrin‘s comprehensive look at human trafficking, Invisible Chains, the first book of its kind published in Canada, is important, timely, and helpful.  It is a clear call for Canada to return to its triumphant stand as a beacon of light as it was as the Underground Railroad during the slave trade in the United [...]

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Official Sex + Money Trailer

by andrewkooman on January 24, 2011

I’m so proud and inspired by my photogenX friends. If you’re in the States, find out where the film is being played and GO SEE THIS FILM! www.sexandmoneyfilm.com

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EyeSee Magazine Features She Has A Name

by andrewkooman on January 18, 2011

Before the World Premiere of She Has A Name in February, we had a chance to get a little inside information from the award winning writer, Andrew Kooman. Here is a look at what has been happening behind the scenes of this full length feature production focused on both the external and the internal battle [...]

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